Below you will find success stories and case studies of companies and local governments that have implemented actions to reduce thier carbon footprint.

On June 12, 2007, the Broward County Board of County Commissioners (Board) adopted Resolution 2007-391 to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Broward County and to support the U.S. Mayors’ Climate Protection Agreement. By promulgating this resolution, Broward County committed to strive to meet or beat the Kyoto Protocol target of reducing GHG emission levels to 7% below 1990 levels by 2012, committed to urge the federal and state government to enact policies and programs to meet the Kyoto Protocol target of GHG reductions at national and state levels, and committed to encourage city and town governments within Broward County to sign on to the Agreement. This resolution establishes the Board’s commitment to climate change protection and creates a framework to guide the planning and implementation of related measures.

Examples of businesses that used FPL services for their energy related projects

Project: Stand-By Generation and HVAC Installation

Business: Chicos Retailer

Improvement: Installed a new 1500 kW stand-by generator for the Ft. Myers headquarters to provide complete stand-by or back-up generation. Also installed a new 320 ton air-conditioning system at the Georgia distribution center to convert the facility from a ventilation-only cooling system to an air-conditioned system.

Results: The design-build projects provided complete building stand-by/back-up power to the Headquarters and comfort cooling to the Distribution Center. As a result, Chicos was able to improve their ability to provide 24 hour service to their customers and improve the comfort of their employees.

In 2006, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Save En­ergy Now energy assessment was performed at Shaw Industries’ plant #20 in Dalton, Georgia, to identify potential energy savings opportunities in their steam system. DOE Energy Expert George Lee, of the Georgia Institute of Technology, showed the facility’s main­tenance engineers how to analyze the plant’s steam system using DOE’s suite of steam system software tools. By capitalizing on some of these opportunities, plant personnel were able to achieve significant energy savings.

In an attempt to eliminate equipment failures and downtime issues associated with the plant’s compressed air system, FUJIFILM Hunt Chemicals U.S.A.’s in-house maintenance team worked with a team of faculty and students from the Tennessee Technology University Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) to conduct an assessment at its Dayton, Tennessee, facility to identify opportunities for improvement. Following the assessment, the team formulated an implementation plan that would increase the system’s reliability, reduce system maintenance costs, reduce the facility’s overall energy use, and eliminate the use of nitrogen when compressed air systems are down.

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and utilizing new, energy-saving technologies are principal environmental objectives for Verizon Communications Inc. In 2008, the company participated in a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Industrial Technologies Program energy assessment to examine the energy performance of one of its data centers. The assessment was conducted through Save Energy Now, a national initiative to drive a 25% reduction in industrial energy intensity in 10 years.

These case studies and success stories highlight energy savings achieved by companies that have participated in Save Energy Now energy assessments and used Industrial Technologies Program software tools to improve energy efficiency.